The plaintiffs in the case had accused Haverford of violating civil rights law and breaching its contract with students. Under the settlement, Haverford will also bar professors from refusing to write students letters of recommendation “on the basis of students’ Jewish, Zionist, and/or Israeli identity,” according to The Deborah Project. After Jewish students asked college officials to investigate the incident, they said their investigation was “inconclusive” and said the wind was the likely culprit, according to the complaint. The plaintiffs alleged that Haverford officials did not respond to their complaints, violating the policies laid out on the college’s website. A few months later, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Haverford over allegations of antisemitism.